Insight Global

hoktauri

Wow, this has to be the strangest recruiting company I have ever talked too. I got a phone call about two weeks ago from someone there and we chatted for a minute before he asked if I was interested in a help desk position, no real details but I said sure since I'm not doing much else until the MSP client moves ahead. I forwarded him a copy of my resume and that was it.

The next day I got another phone call asking if I could go by the office to meet a recruiter there. The guy I'm talking to is out of state and I have to meet someone to go forward, I said okay and setup a time a few days ahead. 5 minutes later I get another call from someone else asking if was interested in a NOC position and we could talk about it at the interview. I told her I was more interested in the NOC than help desk and would like to hear more.

The day of the interview I drive about 30 miles to the office, pay for parking and get up the office. There's no one at the front desk, just a phone with a note to pick it up. I do, talk to someone and a recruiter comes out a few minutes later. Very young guy, knows nothing about IT and the interview takes about 5 minutes. I leave, again with no details about either position.

A week after this I get a call about a desktop support position, I say whatever because I'm starting to wonder what is up with this company. I hear back a day or two later saying I was accepted and I needed to do a bunch of paperwork and a drug test. Again, no details about the job (just an overview) and when pressed really couldn't tell me anything. I did the paperwork and the test, the test had to be done at a urgent care with an hour wait, first time for that.

The materials they asked for for the background check was both remarkably easy to fake or so in depth it rivaled getting my security clearance. The system said I didn't have my degree so I sent a copy of my transcripts, I gave them my references but they only called them to try and push their services and to verify I have my own IT company they wanted to speak to ANY other person who could verify that. This whole process took about a week and the recruiter repeatedly had to call back and verify information or get more, at one point the background check was done and passed then two days later the degree popped up.

So finally everything is done and he says I can go in the next day, only problem is that he never told me where to be. He called around and finally verified the address so I'm good to go. Couple hours later he calls me and says that everything has cleared but the department who puts it all together has left for the day, I couldn't go in in the morning but as soon as the package was completed he would call me and I could head over. At this point I'm thinking WTF and it's 50 miles, not something I can just pop over to in 5 minutes but whatever.

The next day I get a phone call around noon, I would go in the next day. Fine, I get everything together and am set for the next day. I head out and get there a few minutes early. I call my recruiter because no one is at the building, he gives me the # of the person on site and while I'm calling I see that there is a lower lot hidden by hedges, I drive over there and go in. I meet the head of the team and he tells me we are setting up the systems for the whole building, not what I was told it was going to be in the least bit. It seems easy enough so I'm still game to knock this out, I meet some of the others and they all have the same story about not being told what we were really doing and background check horror stories.

It's been a few days now and the job seems to be a fairly good one, setting things up is easy since we're not touching networking or VOIP at all and we'll move over to a support role when the people show up next week (oh boy). The whole inventory and ordering for this project is messed up but that's on the them, not us. I'm glad I stuck through the messed up process, towards the end I started to think it was some giant elaborate scam. Two people have already quit though because it's not what they were expecting. I get to learn how to use the Citrix HDX system and some image package server system which makes me happy, I may also get to dabble in small networking tasks.

Pay also isn't bad, and it's weekly.

WafflesAndRootbeer

I've worked with IG in the past. Not very great and they try to BS you all the time when it comes to getting paid and anything paper-work related. I won't work with them if I don't have to but for the non-government stuff, they are the only game in town around here it seems. Did they hook you up with CompuCom? If so, run as fast as you can and have another job lined up ASAP because they use IG to get workers for as long as they need them and they won't pay the hiring fees to get you hired.

BradleyHU

i've had them contact me earlier this year, and i went on an interview @ a client of theirs....it went pretty well, but the client ended up NOT filling the position at all.

Mike-Mike

I have my current job through Insight Global, they were always good to me. I went on to be a FTE, so I dont deal with them anymore, but I never had any problems.

hoktauri

WafflesAndRootbeer wrote: »

I've worked with IG in the past. Not very great and they try to BS you all the time when it comes to getting paid and anything paper-work related. I won't work with them if I don't have to but for the non-government stuff, they are the only game in town around here it seems. Did they hook you up with CompuCom? If so, run as fast as you can and have another job lined up ASAP because they use IG to get workers for as long as they need them and they won't pay the hiring fees to get you hired.

The contract is with ATOS, and unless anything changes it runs out Dec. 31st. The company we are supporting is going to straight HP support next year and there's a small chance some people may be hired on with them to keep the transition from being a complete fubar.

Ivanjam

I got a call from Insight Global about a position but after I described my limited experience, they told me the client needed someone more experienced but they would be looking out for a position that suited me. Still haven't heard from them since then.

Anonymouse

I worked for them a few years ago. I had the same sort of experience when I went to their office in San Francisco. The recruiter was around my age at the time and didn't seem to know anything about IT. I ended up doing a contract in which I worked for them yet when on site I was told I was contracting with another company whose name escapes me. It was kind of confusing. Last year before I got my current job I would receive multiple calls from different recruiters at their San Francisco and San Jose offices about the same job. It seemed pretty cutthroat how they would ask me to work with them instead of their colleague who had only called me the same day.

Chitownjedi

Insight Global is notorious for underpaying in my area... I've seen jobs they would offer almost 10.00$ per hour less for in their advertisements versus other agencies.

JockVSJock

<sup>**BUMP***

This has to be THE WORST recruting agency to contact me.

Try to lowball me salary-wise and put me in positions that I'm overqualfied for.

On top of that, they are rude, asking a bunch of questions, like salary, without a firm job offer.

I'm sick and tired of talking to these people...</sup>

BradleyHU

JockVSJock wrote: »

<sup>**BUMP***

This has to be THE WORST recruting agency to contact me.

Try to lowball me salary-wise and put me in positions that I'm overqualfied for.

On top of that, they are rude, asking a bunch of questions, like salary, without a firm job offer.

I'm sick and tired of talking to these people...</sup>

i kinda of don't mind being asked salary upfront...saves everyone time if you're not on the same page as far as that goes.

kohr-ah

Chitownjedi wrote: »

Insight Global is notorious for underpaying in my area... I've seen jobs they would offer almost 10.00$ per hour less for in their advertisements versus other agencies.

Yeah that was my experience with them also (hello fellow Chitowner). The other half the time they kept trying to pressure me to take a job that I had no interest in. Doesnt mean they are bad everywhere but I prefer not to work with them here.

Daneil3144

So, working for Insight Global is different than working for Robert Half or Tek Systems?

You technically aren't a 'free agent' if you go through Insight Global, correct?

Remedymp

Daneil3144 wrote: »

So, working for Insight Global is different than working for Robert Half or Tek Systems?

You technically aren't a 'free agent' if you go through Insight Global, correct?

This is completely dependent on the contract and what it stipulates.

For some reason, most people who post about Staffing firms almost have zero understanding about how staffing firms work. That sort of ignorance will destroy a companies brand or image.

Dojiscalper

When I get a call from the insight global people here I can tell they aren't being honest and they aren't nearly as professional as any of the other recruiters I talk to. I've also caught them low balling me for jobs other recruiters have called about and offering nearly double in some instances.

So far the recruiter in my area that has been getting me interviews has either been the smaller ones or the local Tek systems. I talk to robert half at least a couple times a month but they just haven't done much for me so far. I got another phone call with them in the morning, maybe something will come of it.

anhtran35

Had dealt with them in DC/VA area. They hire some of the hottest youngest recruiters( women ) I've ever seen. Nothing came out of it. A few months later they called and try to get contacts from me. I gave them a fake one and block their number.

yellowpad

I have a recording from those people calling candidates all kinds of names that passed the boundary and went to racial stuffs. How? After they called and left me a voicemail, they didn't hang up the call. ... their conversation in the office when on for about 2 mins. After having heard that, I stopped replying to recruiters.

Remedymp

yellowpad wrote: »

I have a recording from those people calling candidates all kinds of names that passed the boundary and went to racial stuffs. How? After they called and left me a voicemail, they didn't hang up the call. ... their conversation in the office when on for about 2 mins. After having heard that, I stopped replying to recruiters.

Did you send the recording to them?

yellowpad

no...but i was tempted to send it to a few news reporters or the CEO of the company.

Remedymp wrote: »

Did you send the recording to them?